My Mid-2012 2.7 Quad i7 8mb L3 Cache 16gb RAM is still running strong. I bought it with a 256gb SSD, max processor and RAM for $3,300.
Now you can get this new one with a 512gb SSD, max processor and RAM for $3,500. That's a 6-core i9 8th gen with 16mb L3 Cache, 32gb (faster) RAM, and more powerful video cards (which is important to me as the MBP is silent while using its onboard video...the minute it switches to the NVIDIA its fan-noise city). Not bad. This will be my next studio computer depending on how my CPU loads are looking at the end of this year.
